Sub Genre

Sub Genre

A sub-genre is a variation of an already established genre. Sub-genre’s are used by audiences and institutions to further distinguish between different genre’s of film, A sub-genre will share a few major codes, conventions and iconography of the genre’s it is made from but will also have some that will made it unique.

                 A few examples of sub-genre would be Military, Kidnap, Erotic and Paranormal films all steaming from the Genre Thriller, one such film would be the famous ’Pirana’ which is a sub-genre  of the Thriller genre.

                 A sub-genre is often confused with a hybrid, and this is a very common mistake as many films that are subgenres will also be hybrids and vies-versa, a hybrid takes some aspects from many different film genres while a sub-genre only take some aspects from one genre and no more.

                Sub-genres are made to appeal to individuals within the larger audience, a person who enjoys action-thrillers for example will be more likely to see a action-thriller film then just a thriller film, although many thriller fans will also go to see the film, thus the audience expands and the film producers make more money.